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hackerbyseaon Ask PG: How to Start a Startup

I'm re-reading it. It is still as insightful as I read it several years ago. I just wonder if PG is willing to add/remove/change it, considering his rich experience through YCombinator.

hackerbyseaon Ask PG: How to Start a Startup

PG: This essay was written in 2005. Are you willing to update it with a 2011 version?

hackerbyseaon Why Non-engineers Think Engineers Are Better Off Joining Startups

I have to say I'm a bit surprised by the sentiment favoring working at big companies among the majority of comments here.

One possible explanation: 1) Statistically, most engineers work for big companies. 2) By human nature, people tend to stick to their current jobs, most likely a big company job.

Here is a related thread at Quora: http://www.quora.com/If-I-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur-later-s...

hackerbyseaon Has 409A changed the game?

I think this missed one point: Secondary market is not as efficient as real public market after IPO:

Both supply and demand would be much higher on real public market, and demand would be much bigger than supply. Meaning: ipo price would be much higher than current secondary market price.

hackerbyseaon Ask HN: too late to join Facebook as an engineer?

Found this link: http://www.quora.com/Is-now-a-good-time-to-join-Facebook-as-...